#55D3DD#55D3DD

#55D3DD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.111 H 202.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#55D3DD
RGBrgb(85, 211, 221)
HSLhsl(184, 67%, 60%)
HSVhsv(184, 62%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(61.5%, 4.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LABlab(78.31, -31.53, -15.32)
CIE-LCHlch(78.31, 35.06, 205.91°)
OKLaboklab(80.1% -0.1023 -0.0424)
OKLCHoklch(80.1% 0.111 202.5)
XYZxyz(40.0862, 53.7360, 76.6521)
Luminance0.5374 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#55D3DD #DD5F55
analogous
#55DDA3 #55D3DD #558FDD
triadic
#55D3DD #DD55D3 #D3DD55
tetradic
#55D3DD #A355DD #DD5F55 #8FDD55
square
#55D3DD #A355DD #DD5F55 #8FDD55
split-complementary
#55D3DD #DD558F #DDA355
monochromatic
#1F9099 #29C0CC #55D3DD #88E0E7 #BBEDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79
#55D3DD on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75
#55D3DD on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D3DD
11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##55D3DD#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##55D3DD1.001.7911.7511.75
#FFFFFF1.791.0021.0021.00
#00000011.7521.001.001.00
##00000011.7521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C4CBDE
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AFBBDE
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00DBD6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #55d3dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 211, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.111 202.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e1e7',
    500: '#55d3dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #55d3dd;
$custom-light: #93e1e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#55d3dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.412,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80097,
    "c": 0.11077,
    "h": 202.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#55D3DD
secondary
#9D4039
accent
#4B3EEA
background
#FCFEFE
surface
#F5FCFC
border
#CFD5D5
text
#0E1516
muted
#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D3DD

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#55D3DD Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva